Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1930 Stahlhelm Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Archive the Duke of Connaught

the Duke of Connaught

violet enameled eagle typical of that period (circa 1860)

wide neck ribbon

trimmed in Luftwaffe gray-blue wool along the open edge

Iron Cross 1st Class 1939 - magnetic/iron core

Germany, Der Stahlhelm. A 1930 Stahlhelm Membership Badge, Large Version, By Stahlhof Magdeburg Archive the Duke of Connaught(Der Stahlhelm Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled disc bearing a raised and silvered Stahlhelm, in turn bearing an engraved inscription of DER STAHLHELM flanked by an Iron Cross, above silvered oak leaves and a date of 1930, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, engraved with an identification number of VII B. D. 39 and a